Machine for forming paper capsules and affixing the same to bottles.



E. PARKER. MACHINE P011 PORMING PAPER CAPSULES AND APPIXING THE SAME To BOTTLES.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1912.'

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E. PARKER.

MAOHINE FOR FORMINVGIPAPER CAPSULES AND .'.XFFIXING` THE SAME T0 BOTTLES.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV.11,19l&

"UNITED STATES PATENT GFFTCE.

EDWARD PARKER, OF BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR EORMING PAPER CAPSULES AND AFFIXING THE SAME TOABOTTVLES.

Application filed November 11, 1912. Serial No. 730,739.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD PARKER, aA subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Bristol, Kingdom of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for .Forming Paper Capsules and AHiXing t-he Same toBottles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such vas Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains t-o make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for plaiting paper capsules for bottles, jars and the like, and for applying the capsules to the same, and securing the capsules thereon.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved construction of machine for the said purposes.

A capsuling machine in accordance with this invention comprises the combination of means for picking up the capsuling blanks, for conveying them to and deposit-` ing them on the male die, for bringing the female die to press on the blanks and shaping them, and for carrying them and depositing thenron to the bottles, jars, and like vessels, conveying the bottles and the like in regular succession to the gumming brushes and thence to the capping stick, operating the capping stick for closinof in the capsules about the -necks of the bottles and the like, and applying and winding string about the capsules.

lt is to be understood that no claim is made to the elements separately of the machine set out herein.

For simphrcation in description the machine will be described as for dealing with bottles. In its application to jars and other vessels the construction and operation is the same as for bottles except that the dies are of dii'erent shapes to suit the other vessels, the mechanism being modified to meet the required conditions.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this specification: Figure'l is a side elevation; Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section on the line (e-a, Fig. Fig. 4 is an end view of the-arrangement of the gumming brushes for gumming the corks or bottle stopper-s and part of the bottle neck. Fig. 5 is an end view of the arrangement for closing in the capsules on the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

bottles by the capping stick. Fig. 6 is a plan and Fig.l 7 a side elevation of the means for putting the string around the capsules after they have been stuck 0n the bottles. Figs. 6 and 7 are drawn to an exaggerated scale.

My improved machine is constructed and arranged and made to operate as follows Supported in standards 1, mounted on the fixed table 2 of t-he machine, is a slide 3 which carries two plungers et and (5- which are adapted to reciprocate vertically in sockets provided tor them in the slide 3. By the plunger L the blank capsules, which are circular disks of paper and are arranged in a pile 5 ina suitable receptacle on the machine table :2, are picked up one by one by pneumatic action. The plunger G carries the female die 7. The male die Sis secured on the table 2. The horizontally Yreciprocating slide 3 is operated by means Vof the cam 9, centered on the driving shaft l0, operating through the pivotal rocking lever 11. Arranged over the slide is a crosshead 12 attached to rods 13 which a re adapted to reciprocate vertically carrying the crosshead l2 with them. The crosshead 12 is operated by means of the cam lst acting through the antifriction roller 1.5 and the lever 16 pivoted at`17 to the machine frame 1S.

Below the fixed table 2 ot' the machine is a rot-ary carrier 15) with brackets 19 to which are secured holders Q0 for the bottles. Thisl carrier 19, which is centered on the vertical axis 2l, has intermittent motion iinparted to it by means of the ratchet wheel :22 and paw-l 23, the wheel being operated by the cam 24, centered on the driving shaft 10, acting through the ccniecting rod and crank 2G. '.l`he`rotalion of the carrier 19 is always in the same direction indicated by the .arrow A, Fig. 2.

The bottles are advanced in the machine by the rotary carrier lf) and each in succession is presented first to gumming brushes 27 and 2Ssee Figs. 2 and Llwhich are carried by a rotary spindle 2f) mounted in a frame 30 standing on the fixed table 2 of the machine and carrying a tank 31 containing the adhesive which is taken up by contact of the brushes 9.7 and QS with the perforated nozzle as theI said brushes are carried around. The spindle Q9 is rotated from the driving shaft 10 through pulleys 3? and 34, Fig. '2. After application ot' the adhesive the bottle is conveyed around toy the plunger 6 which, as aforesaid, carries the female die 7 which, when the bott-le is presented under it, is in the raised position and i holds the plaited capsule.

Conveyance from the pile of the blank capsule disks and plaiting them is as follows: When the slide 3 is at the limit of its outstroke, that is to say, in the direction ot' the arrow B, Figs. 2 and '3, the picking-up plunger 4 is directly over the pile 5 of the blanks, and the plunger 6 with the female die 7 is directly over the male die 8. The crosshead 12 is depressed by the action ot thc cam 14 and the picking-up plunger 4 sucks up by pneumatic action the topmost blank of the pile 5. A pneumatic tube attached to an air pump worked oft' the driving shaft 10 (the pump is not shown in the drawings) communicates with a central passage 36 in the plunger 4 and with a central passage 37 in the plunger 6. The topmost blank of the pile 5 having been thus picked up, the crosshead 12 rises. The slide 3 is, by the action of 'the cam 9 and rocking arm 1.1,v which is pivotal at 11, now advanced on its instroke andy the plunger 4 is brought over the male die 8 on which it now descends. By pneumatic action the blank is treed from the plunger 4.. lt is held on the male die S'by pneumatic action acting through the tube Sa'which is connected to the air pump aforesaid. (The blank which was last previously deposited on the male die has now been applied by the plunger 6 to a bottle.) The crosshead12 rises after the 'aforesaid blank has been secured by the pneumatic action on the male die 8. The slide 3 now returns on its outstroke and the plunger 4 is brought back to position directly over the ile 5 of blanks. The plunger 6 now stan( s over the blank which was last left bythe plunger 4 on the male die. ln the next descent of the crosshead l2 the plunger 6 descends on the blank remaining on the 'male die 8 and completes it. The female die 7 picks up the capsule by pneumatic action and in the next instroke movement of the slide 3 the lunger 6 carries the capsule to the position or application to the bottle,A which having, as above described, been gummed, is presented below the plunger 6 in time to receive the capsule from the female die 7, release of the capsule from A which is eii'ected pneumatically. The cap-` sule adheres to the cork or stopper of the bottle. lVhen the machine is producing plaited capsules the dies 7 and`8 are flnted.

For the production of unplaited capsules4 plain dies are used. The shape of the blanks and the character of the dies will vary with the kind of capsule required to be turned out by the machine. turn, received its capsule from the die 7, is

d conveyed around by the rotary carrier 19 to Each bottle having, in-

remesa position below the capping cup 38 which is an inverted cup hollowed out conically and which with its vertical stem 39 is termed the capping stick. rl `he capping stick is rcciprocated vertically by the cam 40 which is centered on the driving shaft 10 and acts through the projection 40", the anti-friction roller 41, vertically reciprocating rod 42, and the horizontal rod 43 connected to the stem 39, by thelink 44, of the capping stick cup 38. 'lhearrangemcnt is such that when a bottle is presented under the capping stick cupv 3S the. stick descends and so closes in the capsule around the bottle neck. The stem 39 of the capping stick reciprocates in sockets provided for it in the bracket 4.5 which is bolted on the table 2. Centered on the stem 39 is a pinion 46 which gears with a quadrantal rack 47 which is xed on a spindle 48 which, at the lower end, is supported in a step bearing 49 provided on the plate .50. The spindle 48 passes through bea-rings in the bracket 45. The rack 47 is oscillated by means of the cani 40 operating through the anti-friction roller 51, pivotal arm 52, connecting rod 53 and link 54. The purpose of the rack 47 and pinion 46 on the capping stick is to rotate the bott-les about their own axes and thus to wind string or other suitable binding material, either in string or band form, around each capsule immediately after the capping cup 38 been lowered on to the bottle neck. The string is drawn from a reel or spool through a vessel containing varnish or other suitable adhesive and is led to the capping stick 38 and passed under a gripper 55 which is fixed on a spindle 56 which extends parallel with the axis of the cup 38. coiled around thespindle 56 tends constantly to hold the gripper 55 pressed toward the .cup 38. At its upper end the spindle 56 has fixed to it a lever 58. On the top of the cup 38 of the capping stick is an arm 59 hinged in a bracket 60. A spring 61 acts on the arm 59 keeping the latter always in contact with the lever 58. A lug 62 is fixed on the bracket l)L5-see Figs. 1 and 6. Inv the descent of the capping stick, the arm 59,- on reaching the end of its downward travel strikes the lug 62 and the gripper 55 is closed in on the strin against the resistance ofthe spring 57, an the stringl is accordhas A spring 57 v ingly gripped between the gripper 55 and tion of a frame; a bottlecarrier rotatably .mounted on the frame; `means for imparting intermittent motion to said carrier; means for applying an adhesive to the bottle necks comprising arotatable spindle,brushes car- Y ried by said spindle, an adhesive supply tank, and an adhesive feeding nozzle on the tank adapted to'be engaged by the rotatable brushes; and means for applyingand ailixing thev capsules to the bottle necks, substantially as described.

Q. In a capsuling machine, the .combination of a frame; 'abottle carrier rotatably mounted on the frame; means for aimparting intermittent motion to said carrier; means for forming and applying the capsules to the bottle necks comprising a receptacle for holding blanks, a carrier, means for reciprocatnecks; and means for aliixing the applied ing and raising and lowering said carrier, a stationary -die,-"a^me1ber .on the reciprocating'carrier adapted to pick up and transfer one by one the blanks from the receptacle to the stationary die, and a die carried by the reciprocating member coperable with thel stationary. die to form the capsule, vand adapted to apply the same to vthe bottle capsules tothe bottlenecks, `substantially as jdescribed. Y i

3. In a capsuling machine, the combination of a frame; a bottle carrier rotatably mounted on the frame; means for imparting intermittent moti0n`to said carrier; means for applying kcapsules to the bottle necks;

and means for aiixing the applied capsules comprising a cup adapted to lit over the bottle neck with applied capsule, a gearing for imparting rotation to said cup whereby to rotate thel bottle, and means associated with said rotatable cup for tying' the capsule to the bottle neck with string, substantially as described,

4.. In a capsuling macl1ine,'. the combinavtionaof a. frame; a bottle carrier rotatably `mounted on the frame; means for impart- .ing intermittent motion to vsaid carrier;

means for l applying capsules to the bottle necks; and'means for ailixing the applied capsules comprlsing a spindle,'a cup mount- ;ed on the spindle, means for movingl the spindle to bring the cup into and'out of engagement with the bottle necks with applied capsules, a pinion on the spindle, a quadrant rack meshingpwithlsaid pinion and adapted to rotate the bottle engaged by said cup; and means associated with said rotatable cup for tying the capsuleto the bottle neckwith string, substantially as described.

5. In a capsulmg machine, a frame, a table mounted on the frame, a rotary carrier mounted on the frame below the table, means for intermittently rotating'said-carrier, bottle holders on said carrier, gumming brushes mounted on a spindle disposed on the table and adapted to engage successively the neck of each bottle as the-carrier rotates, means for supplying adhesive to the brushes, a male die mounted on Athe table, a pipe leading from the die-and adapted to connect with an air pump, a receptacle for capsule blanks, guide standards on the table, a horizontal. slide mounted in said guide standards disposed over the male die and recepltacle, means for reciprocating said horlzontal slide, plungers mounted in said slide, means for vertically reciprocating said plungers, a female die on one' of said plungers, and pipes in said plungers,adapted to connect w1th an air pump.

6. In a capsuling machine, a frame, a table mounted on the frame, a rotary carrier mounted on the frame below the table, means for intermittently `rotating said carrier,

bottle holders von said carrier, gummmgv brushes mounted on a. spindle dlsposed on" the table and adapted to engage successively the neck of each bottle as the'carrier rotates,

`means for supplying adhesive to the brushes,

a male die mounted on the table, a pipe leading from the die to an air pump, a receptacle for capsule blanks, guide standards on the table; a horizontal slide mounted in said guide standards disposed over the male die and receptacle, means for reciprocating said horizontal slide, plungers mounted in said slide, means for vertically reciprocatingsaid plungers, a female die on one of said plungers, pipes in said plungers adapted to connect with an air pump, a bracketon the frame, a capping stick mounted in said bracket, a cup mounted on the capping stick` means for vertically reciprocating and rotating said capping stick and cup, a string-` gripping device secured on the cup, means orpsupplyin'g string -to the gripper, and means for o ening and closing the gripping deviceand or cutting the string.

vIn testimony whereof, I aiix my signature, inpresence of twov witnesses. v

EDWARD PARKER.

Witnesses: f ,l J WILLIAM GEORGE HAYWARD, EnNEe'r HENRY HOLLEY.

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